Axis & Allies Stalingrad Rules Q+A

Minor Axis Units – Strategic Use Guide

Note: AI was used only to enhance and correct my wording all ideas are from me.

Utility Roles
Minor Axis infantry are perfect for jobs you don’t want to waste German troops on:

Blockers – delay Soviet advances while your main German force positions for an attack.

Gap fillers – plug holes in your line when you’re thin on units.

Meat shields – soak up hits in battles so your higher-value German units survive longer.

Rule of thumb: let them take the hits, not your Germans.

Extra Artillery
Minor Axis artillery are identical in stats to German artillery.

If you run out of German artillery sculpts, you can buy Minor Axis artillery to keep your combined-arms firepower going.

For Multiplier Preservation
German infantry are the only Axis Infantry that can Multiple in the Stalingrad City board.

If you run out of German infantry sculpts outside the city, you can’t use the Multiplier via purchase.

To prevent this:

When you need more infantry for the wider map and you’re low on German sculpts, buy Minor Axis infantry instead.

This keeps German infantry sculpts in reserve for sending into Stalingrad where they can become Multiplied.

This won’t happen every game, but when it does, it can save you from a late-game sniper shortage.

Final Takeaway

Minor Axis infantry: Don’t buy them unless you’re protecting German infantry sculpts for Force Multiplying. Use the starting ones for blocking, filling, and dying in place of Germans.

Minor Axis artillery: Worth buying if you need more guns or run out of German artillery sculpts.

Treat Minor Axis as expendable auxiliaries—freeing up German units for the real work.

@Imperious-Leader Minor Axis Units – Strategic Use Guide

Note: AI was used only to enhance and correct my wording all ideas are from me.

Utility Roles

Minor Axis infantry are perfect for jobs you don’t want to waste German troops on:

Blockers – delay Soviet advances while your main German force positions for an attack.

Gap fillers – plug holes in your line when you’re thin on units.

Meat shields – soak up hits in battles so your higher-value German units survive longer.

Rule of thumb: let them take the hits, not your Germans.

Extra Artillery

Minor Axis artillery are identical in stats to German artillery.

If you run out of German artillery sculpts, you can buy Minor Axis artillery to keep your combined-arms firepower going.

For Multiplier Preservation

German infantry are the only Axis Infantry that can Multiple in the Stalingrad City board.

If you run out of German infantry sculpts outside the city, you can’t use the Multiplier via purchase.

To prevent this:

When you need more infantry for the wider map and you’re low on German sculpts, buy Minor Axis infantry instead.

This keeps German infantry sculpts in reserve for sending into Stalingrad where they can become Multiplied.

This won’t happen every game, but when it does, it can save you from a late-game sniper shortage.

Final Takeaway

Minor Axis infantry: Don’t buy them unless you’re protecting German infantry sculpts for Force Multiplying. Use the starting ones for blocking, filling, and dying in place of Germans.

Minor Axis artillery: Worth buying if you need more guns or run out of German artillery sculpts.

Treat Minor Axis as expendable auxiliaries—freeing up German units for the real work.

Round Six: Red using special ability to destroy on ice hex that connects N.Greenland to N.P. Base, thus a Rattler lost to take out a Blue Jet. Meanwhile six troopers attack 5 of White troopers on ice hex, all are lost.
Having already built a C and rattler for Red Base.
Blue moves from Blue Base a C with two troopers, landed on island 1 VP NE. of Blue Base, defended by a Red trooper. Island taken for no lost.
Meanwhile 2 Troopers move onto that ice hex, that connects to NP Base. While 5 more Troopers leave Apogee base, heading for NP base. Having built a Jet and 2 Troopers for Blue Base. Along with 3 more troopers for Apogee Base.
Black trooper attacks from one ice to another ice hex, holding 4 White Troopers. Losses are one each side. Already built for near having no defensive Black base, a C and 2 troopers.
From NP base 6 trooped attack 2 Blue Troopers on connecting ice hex to Greenland. Takes the ice hex, with lost of one trooper.
White uses special ability to move 3 Troopers across ice hex bridge to outside of Black base. Also C from White Base lands 2 more Troopers on same area, while 2 Troopers from White Base moves towards Black Base( vía ice hexes bridge).
Meanwhile 5 Troopers are heading to N. Greenland from Apogee Base. Having built a Jet and 2 Troopers for Apogee Base, and, 1 Trooper for White Base.
Round 7: Red knows the greatest threat to NP base, is lack of a good defense in it, but, Joe forces will never be able to land and take it, for Round 7. Here using special ability from Red base Rattler attacks and takes out Blue C, on hex with 1 VP island midway tween Red and Blue Base.
Even with the lost of air power, Red C lands 2 troopers onto island, defended by 2 Blue troopers. Island retaken for no losses.
Having built 6 troopers for NP base.
Blue has 5 and a group of 3 Troopers heading for ice hex, that connects to NP base from N.Greenland. Builds C for Blue Base and 5 Troopers for Apogee Base.
Black destroys ice hex that connects to Black base. Four White Troopers retreat to ice hex behind them. Builds a rattler for Black base and trooper for NP base.
White C attacks Black C, both are lost. From Northern Greenland 1 VP hex, 5 Troopers enter ice hex, defended by 6 Black troopers( also a White Jet from Apogee Base flies in). All lost but for 1 Black trooper on ice hex. Already built 4 Troopers for Apogee Base and 5 for White Base.

The Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion ( aka G40 HRE) includes most of the rules from World at War by Xeno Games.

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Considering that it is good to use as few chips or bucks as possible to fill each player’s amount, more high-value coins and fewer low-value coins should be used.
Looking at the needs for the Anniversary edition we cover all the others except the Global edition which has higher requirements and taking into account that the Anniversary, Europe, Pacific and Global editions also require extra amounts from the National Objectives Income.
It should also be taken into account that it is impossible to achieve all National Objectives at the same time because on the one hand some overlap between rival powers and also it is impossible for both sides or for all powers to excel at the same time. However, here the calculation takes into account the theoretically maximum amount that can exist.
Below I also list the quantities required in editions as well, including the revenues from the National Objectives, where they exist:
Starting IPC’s for Axis & Allies games:
1941: 55
Pacific 1940: 81 (157)
Spring 1942: 166
Anniversary: 171 (246)
Europe 1940: 149 (249)
Global 1940: 241 (373)
A&A IPC Calculation.pdf
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For the Anniversary edition:
IPC Chips with a value of 1:
It is possible that 6 quads with a value of 1 are needed at the same time. For example if all powers have income ending in 4 or 9 (eg 4, 14, 9, 19 etc). This means that 24 chips with a value of 1 may be needed.
IPC Chips with a value of 5:
Also if all powers have income ending in 5 to 9 at the same time (eg 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16 etc) they may need 6 tokens with a value of 5 at the same time. This does not change if there are chips with a value of 25 in the set because then, they complete the five after 25 to make a ten up to 30 for the amounts that follow (e.g. 31, 32, 33, 34, 41, 42 etc.).
IPC Chips with a value of 10:
If there are no chips of 25 then 20 chips with a value of 10 may be needed at the same time since the maximum total income reaches 246 IPC.
Having chips worth 25 greatly reduces the requirement for chips worth 10 used to complete tens between 10 and 25 or between 25 and 50 (eg 35, 45 etc). Therefore, the highest requirement for chips with a value of 10 occurs if all powers need two chips with a value of 10 at the same time, so 6 pairs, i.e. 12 chips with a value of 10.
So the perfect sets for the Anniversary Edition are:

Simple required set: 24x1 + 6x5 + 20x10 = 256 IPC with 50 chips Simple configured set: 25x1 + 5x5 + 20x10 = 250 IPC with 50 chips Full required set: 24x1 + 6x5 + 12x10 + 3x25 = 249 IPC with 45 chips Full configured set: 25x1 + 10x5 + 10x10 + 3x25 = 250 IPC with 48 chips

Likewise for the Global version:
IPC Chips with a value of 1:
If all powers have income ending in 4 or 9 (e.g. 4, 9, 14, 19 etc), 10 quads with a value of 1 may be needed at the same time, meaning 40 tokens with a value of 1.
IPC Chips with a value of 5:
Also, 10 chips with a value of 5 may be needed at the same time if the powers’ incomes end in 5 to 9 (eg 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16 etc). This does not change if there are chips with a value of 25 in the set because then, they complete the five after 25 to make a ten up to 30 for the amounts that follow (e.g. 31, 32, 33, 34, 41, 42 etc.).
IPC Chips with a value of 10:
If there are no chips of 25 then 29 chips with a value of 10 may be needed at the same time since the maximum total income reaches 373 IPC.
If there are chips with a value of 25 it greatly reduces the requirement for chips with a value of 10 which are used to complete tens between 10 and 25 or between 25 and 50 etc. Therefore, the highest requirement for chips with a value of 10 occurs if all powers need two chips with a value of 10 at the same time, so 10 pairs, i.e. 20 chips with a value of 10.
Therefore the perfect sets for the Global version are:

Simple required set: 40x1 + 10x5 + 29x10 = 380 IPC with 79 chips Simple configured set: 40x1 + 10x5 + 30x10 = 390 IPC with 80 chips Full required set: 40x1 + 10x5 + 20x10 + 4x25 = 390 IPC with 74 chips Full configured set: 40x1 + 10x5 + 20x10 + 5x25 = 415 IPC with 75 chips

They are bean counters. No doubt about it. They want exact results with no luck. All life is luck and games are simulations of life.

I don’t vilify anything. Its accurate reporting of facts and theirs nothing glamorous of low luck. To me its only value is for play testing of games, not actual games.

Bean counters are also mostly Rule Lawyers. They argue rules all day if possible.